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Freeze dried candy -was- very trendy, but thanks to an oversaturated market it's dying down fast. For a time my Instagram feed was filled with people getting vacuum sealed bags from online specialty shops, but now it's everywhere. I grabbed these from Ollie's, but I've seen different brands available at 7-Eleven, Five Below, Target, Walmart, the list goes on and on.
These companies are practically interchangeable. They buy already popular name-brand candies in bulk and then dehydrate them through the process of freeze-drying to give them a new texture. They aren't adding in new flavors, or elements like sour powders, so it's just candy that's been processed in a new way. Due to licensing and copyright, they can't call these products by their brand names, but we all know who they really are. I've got, Lemon Bursts (Lemonheads), Rainbow Bites (Skittles), and Peach Puffs (Gummi Peach Rings.)